Skarner vs Zilean
How to Beat Zilean as Skarner
based on 146 Skarner vs Zilean matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Skarner vs Zilean Matchup Summary
Best Skarner vs Zilean Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zilean as Skarner
Tips for Playing as Skarner against Zilean
Impale is extremely powerful when you use it to position an enemy so your allies can attack them.
Basic attacks reduce the cooldown of Crystal Slash. Use them as often as possible for maximum damage.
Capturing Crystal Spires before attempting neutral objectives or team fights around them improves Skarner's performance in said fights dramatically.
Advice to Win Against Zilean
Zilean is fragile if a team focuses on him, but otherwise he's very difficult to kill. Commit to killing him as a team.
If you're able to match Zilean's speed, it can sometimes be beneficial to wait until his ultimate has faded before landing the killing blow.
Skarner vs Zilean Counter Stats
How to Counter Zilean with Skarner in LoL
The stats provided here highlight several significant Skarner vs. Zilean counter statistics that may help you appreciate the distinctions between this set of champs. For instance, Skarner’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zilean’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Skarner may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Zilean..
Skarner often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he receives more damage than Zilean. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champion with more health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Skarner and Zilean
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Who is Better, Skarner or Zilean?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Skarner usually loses when taking on Zilean, with a 41.8% win rate. Thus, Skarner makes a poor counter for Zilean.
While Skarner does have a much lower winrate than Zilean, when facing one another, Skarner also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Skarner into Zilean.
Moreover, Skarner has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zilean. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Skarner vs Zilean matchups, Zilean is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Skarner is a trash counter to Zilean. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Skarner against Zilean.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Skarner in order to counter Zilean during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Skarner on average racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Zilean. Champions who typically don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Skarner versus Zilean build consist of Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Skarner used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs. Zilean than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Skarner boasted an average winrate of 41.8% when countering Zilean with this build.
To have the highest probability of vanquishing Zilean as Skarner, you should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Skarner vs Zilean clashes, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 41.8% win rate overall.
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